Breast Cancer Now Forum

I went to Winchester when we walked the Southdowns Way in 2021. It was lovely to see it again. The area around the Cathedral is so lovely. A friend of mine has moved to Chichester and that has another wonderful Cathedral area too. I hope the chemo goes well. From what I hear they are better at doing it now than when I was first diagnosed in 2003 but I am lucky that I have been told both times this time and the time before that chemo isn’t going to help my kind of breast cancer.  Seagulls ... View more

That’s the joy of the forums (joy??) - we look out for each other and then many “pass it forward” which is certainly my motivation. Read Shi’s post again and find the new you xx ... View more

You are right. Thankyou so much for your advise. ... View more

Thank you for your advice ladies. It is a hard call to make but I think I need to let my head rule my heart. Even though I work from home so am safe in that respect (plus I am taking time out for the treatment) all of my family work with the public and are worried about passing anything on. My husband doesn't want us to take any chances so I think we will cancel the pre Christmas hotel break and have Christmas day with just us and our daughter who will be home from university, she also wants to isolate for the week before coming home bless her.  ❤️ We did this last year due to Covid and it was so stress free and we had a lovely day. Hope you are all navigating your treatments well xxx Julia xxx     ... View more

I am having a lumpectomy with licap procedure,  and axillary lymph node clearance, tomorrow. How have others got on with surgery? X ... View more

Hi, I decided on a lumpectomy, and will be having a axillary lymph node too. I'm worried about lymphedema and having to protect the arm. When are you having your operation? Mine is the 7th July. When is yours? I'm having a LD flap to my breast x   ... View more